Bagmati province is observing a public holiday on Monday May 6th 2024.
A cabinet meeting of the Bagmati provincial government decided to grant a public holiday throughout the province to mark the occasion of introducing Tamang and Nepali languages as official languages in the province.
Minister of Culture, Tourism and Cooperatives of the province Shailendra Man Bajracharya announced that Newari and Tamang languages will be introduced as official languages in the province today by organising a ceremony in Basantpur, Kathmandu.
Following the cabinet’s decision on April 24th, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Law issued a notice in the gazette confirming the holiday on May 6th.
Purna Bahadur Darji, secretary of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Law, stated that various offices, associations, educational institutions, and provincial government-owned industrial sectors would observe the public holiday.
Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal is scheduled to inaugurate the official language designation program in Basantapur, Kathmandu.
Ganga Narayan Shrestha, Minister of Internal Affairs for Bagmati Province, emphasised that after May 6th, government offices across the province would incorporate Nepali, Tamang, and Newari languages on their signboards.
